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To: Brumar89 who wrote (694025)	1/20/2013 8:32:44 AM
From: Brumar89	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574826

Bill Clinton to Democrats: Don’t trivialize gun culture Politically, Clinton is the smart Democrat ... about the only one. My advice to Dems is ignore his advice. Let mainstream Americans know how much you hold them in contempt. Don't keep it a secret ... this antigun stuff is a great opportunity. .... “Do not patronize the passionate supporters of your opponents by looking down your nose at them,” Clinton said. ...... “A lot of these people live in a world very different from the world lived in by the people proposing these things,” Clinton said. “I know because I come from this world." .......... While some polls show that the public by-and-large supports several proposals for increased gun control, Clinton said that it’s not the public support that matters — it’s how strongly people feel about the issue. .......... Clinton recalled Al Gore’s 2000 campaign against George W. Bush in Colorado, where a referendum designed to close the so-called gun show loophole shared the ballot with the presidential ticket. Gore publicly backed the proposal, while Bush opposed it. Though the referendum passed with 70 percent of the vote, Gore lost the state. Clinton said that the reason was because a good chunk of the referendum’s opponents were single-issue voters who automatically rejected Gore as anti-gun. ......... Clinton closed his remarks with a warning to big Democratic donors that ultimately many Democratic lawmakers will be defeated if they choose to stand with the president. “Do not be self-congratulatory about how brave you for being for this” gun control push, he said. “The only brave people are the people who are going to lose their jobs if they vote with you.” Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/01/bill-clinton-to-democrats-dont-trivialize-gun-culture-86443_Page2.html#ixzz2IWQltlCf